Johann Bernhard Merian, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johann Bernhard Merian

Swiss philosopher

Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1723

Place of Birth: Liestal, canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland

Date of Death: 12-Feb-1807

Profession: translator, philosopher

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Johann Bernhard Merian or Jean-Bernard Mérian (28 September 1723, Liestal – 12 February 1807, Berlin) was a Swiss philosopher active in the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin. Merian studied at the University of Basle, gaining his doctorate in 1740.
He became a member of the Class for Speculative Philosophy of the Berlin Academy in 1750, and director of the Class for Belles-Lettres in 1771.
From 1797 he was permanent Secretary of the Academy.Merian translated the work of David Hume into French.
He published widely in the Mémoires of the Academy.
A series of essays on the Molyneux problem appeared in the 1770s.